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WAYNE LEE EVITT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 17, 1945 – June 20, 1966
Service recordWayne Lee Evitt, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Fitzgerald, Georgia (Ben Hill County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 66
- GABRIEL GALLEGOSPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- LARRY FRANKLIN HERRINPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD HINTONCorporal · June 20, 1966
- DAVID GEORGE HUTCHINGSSpecialist Four · June 20, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ERNEST ALSTON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 63
- CURTIS HERMAN BULLARDPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 64
- DAVID GEORGE HUTCHINGSSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 66
- FREDERICK ALLEN PHOEBUSSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 68
- BOBBY SENTERSStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 69
- GEORGE ANTHONY WILLIAMSPrivate · Panel 8E, Line 70
From Fitzgerald
- ROBERT LEE SPIRESLance Corporal · March 5, 1967
- GEORGE ROGERS BENNETTSpecialist Four · April 26, 1968
- TOMMY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 24, 1969
- JAMES LARRY HARRISSpecialist Four · May 23, 1969
- WILLIAM PRESCOTT ARTHURCorporal · June 19, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.